Biodiversity prospecting : using genetic resources for sustainable development

by: Reid, Walter V., 1956-; World Resources Institute; Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Costa Rica); Rainforest Alliance; African Centre for Technology Studies

Publication date: 1993

Topics: Biodiversity conservation, Sustainable development, Germplasm resources, Política ambiental, Medio ambiente, Protección del, Biodiversité, Développement durable, Ressources génétiques, Diversité biologique, Développement durable

Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : World Resources Institute (WRI), USA ; [Santo Domingo, Heredia] : Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), Costa Rica ; [New York, N.Y.] : Rainforest Alliance, USA ; [Nairobi] : African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya

Collection: inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Internet Archive

Contributor: Internet Archive

Language: English

"A Contribution to the WRI/IUCN/UNEP Global biodiversity strategy."

"A World Resources Institute book"--P. [1] of cover

I. A new lease on life / Walter V. Reid ... [et al.] -- II. Costa Rica's conservation program and national biodiversity institute (INBio) / Rodrigo Gámez .. [et al.] -- III. Biodiversity prospecting by INBio / Ana Sittenfeld and Rodrigo Gámez -- IV. Contracts for biodiversity prospecting / Sarah A. Laird -- V. Research management policies : permits for collecting and research in the tropics / Daniel H. Janzen ... [et al.] -- VI. An intellectual property rights framework for biodiversity prospecting / Michael A. Gollin -- VII. Policy options for scientific and technological capacity-building / Calestous Juma with the assistance of Bernard Sihanya -- Annex 1. The role of the parataxonomists, inventory managers, and taxonomists in Costa Rica's national biodiversity inventory / Daniel H. Janzen ... [et al.] -- Annex 2. Biodiversity prospecting contract / David Downes ... [et al.] -- Annex 3. The Convention on Biological Diversity and intellectual property rights / Michael A. Gollin -- Annex 4. The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity

Includes bibliographical references and index